Sam Metcalf talks about the benefits of Scripture memorization over at Under the Iceberg.

I don’t have much to add to his post, except to marvel at how effective Bible verse memorization can be if you start it early in life. My sixth-grade Sunday school teacher was a slave-driver when it came to Bible memorization, forcing us to memorize all sorts of verses (and giant swaths of the Heidelberg Catechism, to boot). I did not enjoy it one bit as a kid, but to this day, the verses and catechisms I memorized in that class remain completely fresh in my mind. Maybe it’s a growing-older thing—I can’t remember last week’s sermon topic, but I can flawlessly recite Bible verses I learned in grade school.

At any rate, Metcalf puts forth some good reasons to start memorizing Scripture, even if you aren’t a kid anymore.